Pharmacological Properties of a Magical Shrub of Allium Sativum

Pakistan is rich in medicinal plants used for medicine for over a thousand years. Garlic is an essential vegetable, most consumed as spice and flavor during cooking food, which makes the food more digestible all over the world. Garlic has a tremendous pharmacological and therapeutic effect due to its biologically active compounds. The chemical composition of the plant are allicin, diallyl trisulfide, diallyl disulphide and S-allylcysteine contribute an important role in its nutraceutical/therapeutic applications. Garlic is a good source of several vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that are useful for human health. It possesses high macro and micro nutritive molecules such as carbohydrates, protein, fat, calcium, sulfur potassium, iodine, phosphorous, fiber and silicon in addition to vitamins.